In line with the United Nations declaration of 29 November of each year as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, the Embassy of the State of Palestine with the support of the UN Country Team (UNCT) and the Kingdom of Bahrain will commemorate the day through an official function on Thursday, 29 November 2012 at 11:00 hrs at the UN House Conference Hall.
The event will involve statements from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the Ministry of State for Information Affairs, Samira Rajab, the Ambassador of the State of Palestine to Bahrain Taha Mahmood Abdul Qadir and the Ambassador of Morocco, Ahmed Rachid Khattabi on behalf of the Al Quds Committee, that will be delivered in the presence of officials, diplomats, civil society representatives and media.
In 1977, the UN General Assembly called for the annual observance of 29 November as the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People (resolution 32/40 B). On that day, in 1947, the Assembly adopted the resolution on the partition of Palestine (resolution 181 (II))
In resolution 60/37 of 1 December 2005, the Assembly requested the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People and the Division for Palestinian Rights, as part of the observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People on 29 November, to continue to organize an annual exhibit on Palestinian rights or a cultural event in cooperation with the Permanent Observer Mission of Palestine to the UN.
The observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People also encourages Member States to continue to give the widest support and publicity to the observance of the Day of Solidarity.